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Volume 49 • Number 110 Since 1957 Monday, May 1, 2007 http://sundial.csun.edusundial.csun.edu A financially independent student newspaper Social security future bleak with Bush’s new appointment bias Kari Thumlert sor said that appointments should be Daily Sundial based on expertise and not passion. “They have completely ignored t the beginning of his sec- the idea of having experts in posi- ond term, President Bush tions to make decisions, said William emphasized the stance that Wallis, professor of political science. ASocial Security reform would be a “This to me is just another case top priority of his Administration as of it. Wouldn’t you want someone Social Security is “going broke,” but who does not have an interest in a a proposal that he has since intro- particular policy in the position, you duced failed with some Americans, need someone with expertise in the and now a recess appointment he subject to objectively analyze the has made has received criticism by data and then go from there.” some. Wallis even offered a solution to The Bush administration says the challenges social security faces at whitehouse.gov “in 2017, the gov- in the future. ernment will begin to pay out more “Get rid of the threshold,” he said. Bejan Siavoshy / Daily Sundial in Social Security benefits than it “Anyone who makes $90,000 and English professor Joseph Thomas green Mini Cooper was covered with quotes on Post-Its. collects in payroll taxes and short- above does not pay into the system. falls then will grow larger with each All they (Congress) has to do is raise passing year.” that level and they will have plenty English 436: Rape your alma-mater Bush continues to suggest reform of funding for Social Security.” Jillian Ballard Marx, live him.” decided to strike and protest against and has promoted an adversary of “I don’t want someone who is social security to a top policy-mak- Daily Sundial “It was a pleasant surprise. I was H.R. bill 4437- The border Protection close-minded in the position,” politi- pleased,” said Thomas. The notes were Anti-terrorism, and illegal Immigra- ing position in the agency. The cal science graduate student Pedro hen English professor on his car since 10 a.m. until around 3 tion Control Act of 2005, the students appointment was given to Andrew Cesareo said. “You need someone Joseph Thomas got back p.m. Thomas’ Eng. 436 Critical Theory used what they learned in class and the Biggs, who has become the deputy who is realistic who will look at all to his car on Monday he class put the Post-it notes on his car right moment to put the Post-its on the commissioner of the Social Secu- the options and alternatives.” Wwas pleasantly surprised to find his as part of their Situation Construction professor’s car. rity Administration in Washington. Junior political science major green Mini Cooper, located in Lot class assignment. Thomas still doesn’t “ It’s a really great statement to say Biggs is the former Social Security Vivian Benyamin agreed with former B-2, covered with Post-it notes. His know which students actually put the the least,” said junior English major analyst and assistant director of the Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly car gained a lot of attention with the notes on his car but he joked, “A’s for Angela Maer who was making sure Cato Institute, which is dedicated to and said, “I think someone who sup- colorful array of Post-it notes which everyone.” some of the Post-its stayed on. The privatizing Social Security. He has ports Social Security and is open- had quotes handwritten on them. The The students got the quotes from wind blew many of them off, by the written extensively on why SS needs minded to other solutions that can car’s windows were covered. Some of a student strike in France that was on time Thomas got to his car. reforming. be applied to the issues should have the quotes included , “Terminate the May 16, 1968. May 68’ is when stu- Thomas said that there was also a Cal State Northridge political sci- been appointed to the position.” university,” “Professors, you make us dent strikes broke out at a number of big poster on his office door that had ence professors and students gave She added, “I am not for privati- grow old,” “Alcohol kills. Take LSD,” universities and high schools in Paris, something in French that read, “The their opinions about Biggs’ appoint- zation and would not take advantage “J. Edgar Hoover sleeps with a night following confrontations with univer- old silence the young.” It was a famous ment and his ability to separate his of it.” light,” “Boredom is counter revolu- sity administrators and the police. With poster from the 1968 revolution with views from the policy decisions he Kennelly, who is now president tionary,” “To be free in 1968 means today being May Day and the same a picture of a French police officer will propose while working within to participate,” and “Don’t consume day last year that the immigrant groups silencing a student. the Bush administration. Another Political Science Profes- See SOCIAL, page 3 First year for Baha’i faith club sees increase in student members Aruen Sood time and region. Therefore, I did that, and this religion days. It is a study circle based “The mission of the Baha’i Baha’i principles include: the Daily Sundial they need different instruc- seemed to make sense and so on Baha’i teachings about the club at CSUN is to promote unity of humanity, the equality tion. However, this is a reli- it intrigued me.” life of the soul and its journey unity and fellowship among of both women and men, full he Baha’i faith is a fast- gion that has the same basic The CSUN Baha’i club has after this life. the students of different ethnic racial integration, economic growing independent principles found in all reli- been active since fall of 2006. The founder of the faith, and cultural backgrounds,” justice, universal education, world religion that even gions. The main principle is They now have 25 members Baha’u’llah, who lived from Nika Parsa, the club’s vice the harmony of science and Thas its own club here on cam- to love God and love your and are still increasing in size. 1817-1892 and started the president said. religion, the adoption of a uni- pus. neighbor. We worship the The club had a music con- faith in Iran in 1844. A Persian Baha’u’llah taught that there versal auxiliary language, and Ali Riazati, the president same God in all religions, the cert last fall and currently noble, he suffered 40 years of is only one God and that all of the creation of a world com- of the club said, “the Baha’i God of Abraham,” he said. have two ongoing activities exile and imprisonment for the world’s religions represent monwealth of nations that will religion is working toward the He added that he did not on campus. his religious convictions. one eternal faith. The readings keep the peace through collec- creation of an ever-advanc- join the group because his One activity on Wednes- Currently, Baha’i is an stress humanity as one race tive security. ing, sustainable world civili- parents were already members days is a devotional gathering established faith in more than that is destined to live in peace “Baha’i club is inviting zation.” but because he was interested where students from different 190 countries. It has over 5 and harmony. The belief is that all students to investigate Riazati also explained why and looked into it himself. religious backgrounds meet to million members who come the purpose of life on earth is the teachings of the Baha’i the Baha’i faith is attractive to “The faith says people share prayers and scriptures from nearly every nationality, to develop ourselves spiritually faith through participating so many people. should look into religious from their religions. The sec- religious background, ethnic in preparation for an everlast- in our sponsored activities,” “People are different over matters for themselves. So ond weekly event is on Thurs- group and social class. ing existence hereafter. Some Parsa said.

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[email protected] CSUN students win at regional competition ews riefs Aruen Sood awarded the honor. and construct. Scoring factors civil engineer, I decided to N B Daily Sundial Student representatives included weight, aesthetics, join ASCE. I wanted to be part from CSUN’s civil engineer- construction speed, economy of the team to meet other civil he Civil Engineering ing club and the American and rigidity. The top three engineering students and gain Department at CSUN Society of Civil Engineering teams compete in a national experience in that field. The Bill tries to stem metal thefts took first place overall highlighted their presence at competition, which is slated ASCE team is very united and Tout of 18 schools that com- the competition with a handful to be held at CSUN toward the it is very exciting to be part of that hit Central Valley farmers peted for the prestigious steel of awards. end of May. a team that works together.” bridge category at the Pacific They also came in second ASCE president Nallely Student member Carlos SACRAMENTO (AP) — Assemblyman Tom Berryhill, Southwest Regional Confer- place for the seismic event. Olguin informs her members Chaidez also looks forward R-Modesto, is hoping to stem a rash of metal thefts that have ence. A large wooden structure is of upcoming events and moti- to competing in the national hit the Central Valley particularly hard. Even some of his fellow The PSWRC features uni- placed on a “shake table” in vates those in the club. competition. legislators haven’t been immune. versities that participate and order to simulate an earth- “We’re all excited to com- “This year our school did State Sen. Mike Machado, a Linden farmer, lost about $1,500 compete in various events, quake. Members also won pete against other schools in very well, winning several worth of irrigation equipment last fall. including the steel bridge, con- second place in the water the upcoming national student awards,” Chaidez said. “We Berryhill’s bill would require scrap-metal dealers to pay crete canoe, seismic structure, resources competition in steel bridge competition here will be a proud host. I just feel anyone bringing in metal with a check instead of cash. The impromptu design and sur- which contaminated water is at CSUN,” Olguin said. “We like I really want everyone to checks would be payable 10 days after the transaction. veying. A different university purified using a homemade have a good chance at win- know how well CSUN is in The bill also would require dealers to hold the scrap metal hosts the competition every filter. ning.” these events. I hope people for 10 days or get a photograph of the person who brought in year, and for 2007, University The steel bridge takes Captain of the minor events interested try to support us by the metal. of California, San Diego was approximately a year to design Idez Castro said, “Being a coming down to the events.” The measure is intended to stop quick cash sales of stolen copper, aluminum and other high-priced metal and give investigators a way to trace the thefts. The bill is a response to a rising number of thefts. Thieves’ targets have included copper wiring from irrigation pumps, light Vegas bar draws first lawsuit over smoking ban poles, traffic signals, and railroad communication systems even LAS VEGAS (AP) — A wants a Clark County District as the chance to tell the govern- remove them a violation of Bil- copper-rich bronze cemetery vases. tavern owner who refused to Court judge to fine Bilbo’s ment to keep its nose out of the bo’s First Amendment rights. A Sacramento softball complex was forced to shut down for remove ash trays was sued owner, Three B’s Inc., at least bar business. The lawsuit alleging the night earlier in April after thieves stole copper wiring from its Monday by health officials $200 or $100 for each of two He said the neighborhood “willful disobedience” is the lighting system. under Nevada’s voter-approved smokers observed smoking in tavern about eight miles west of first legal action taken to Catalytic converters in cars and trucks are another target. smoking ban. the bar April 12. The health the Las Vegas strip posted “no enforce the ban. No citations They contain tiny amounts of three precious metals platinum, “Most businesses are com- district also asks that the busi- smoking” signs but balked at have been issued, officials palladium and rhodium. plying,” Southern Nevada ness be ordered to comply with removing ash trays. said. Thefts of wiring from irrigation pumps can be particularly Health District lawyer Stephen the Nevada Clean Indoor Air “The ash trays were left Las Vegas-area bar owners costly. The pumps contain less than $100 worth of copper, but Minagil said as he blamed the Act, which prohibits smok- out so we could get a court have appealed to the Nevada taking the wiring destroys the pump. corporate owner of Bilbo’s ing in nearly all public places, test,” Peccole told The Associ- Supreme Court to overturn a Thieves have hit Merced farmer Kole Upton’s pumps 11 Bar and Grill for not abiding including restaurants and bars ated Press. “I’m born and raised judge’s January ruling allow- times in the last 10 years, including once last month. by the smoking ban that was that serve food. Casino floors here. I don’t like that someone ing the enforcement of civil approved by voters in Novem- are exempt. can come in and tell you how to penalties for violations of the ber and upheld by a judge in Lawyer Robert Peccole, operate your business who can measure. The judge threw Yucca Valley board approves January. representing Three B’s and smoke, and who can’t smoke.” out criminal penalties. life insurance after man’s death “This is really the recalci- Bilbo’s, welcomed the chance Peccole said the ash trays The Nevada Tavern Own- trant business owner who says, to challenge what he called a bear advertising and represent ers’ Association has until YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A water agency added ‘No, I won’t,’” Minagil said. confusing, vague and uncon- a protected form of commercial October to file legal argu- benefits to the contract of its general manager, including a Minagil said the district stitutionally flawed law as well speech. He called the order to ments against the measure. $20,000 life insurance policy, about 13 hours after his death. It was unclear whether the five members of the Bighorn- Desert View Water Agency knew ailing Thomas Shollenberger Crime Briefs was dead when they voted Aug. 22, 2006, for benefits that included medical coverage. 04/27/07 influence of alcohol in public to safety. 04/28/07 The San Bernardino County district attorney’s public integrity Driving with a Suspended The suspect was unable to care for her- Vandalism unit is investigating. self and was left in the care of her friend, “It’s an interesting situation,” said Deputy District Attorney Driver License another CSUN student. Frank Vanella. He wouldn’t discuss specifics, however. Someone threw several raw eggs at Shollenberger signed a 2004 contract stating he’d be paid A CSUN police officer cited and the Sigma Chi House.

$3,500 a month to work two days a week on site, plus provide released 19-year-old Diane Rachel 04/28/07 24-hour coverage by phone, receive 37.5 cents per mile and be Morovati on suspicion of driving with a 04/28/07 repaid for work-related expenses. A second contract in 2005 was suspended driver license during a traffic Driving with a Suspended Sexual Assault similar. Benefits weren’t mentioned in the contracts. stop a Nordhoff/Etiwanda. The suspect is Driver License In July 2006, Shollenberger asked for benefits, explaining not a CSUN student. A known suspect sexually assaulted a he was ill and wanted health insurance for his wife until she A CSUN police officer cited and CSUN student on campus. turned 65. At the time, she was 63. released 20-year-old Quincy Matthew Board member Phil Johnson said the panel wanted a note 04/27/07 Hanley on suspicion of driving with a from Shollenberger’s doctor that assessed his health. A report Disorderly Conduct-Alcohol suspended driver license during a traffic was provided and the board voted to add benefits the night stop at Zelzah/ Kinzie. The suspect is not of Aug. 22, 2006. a CSUN student. On Aug. 23, someone in the office used a stamp with A CSUN police officer escorted an — Provided by CSUN Police Shollenberger’s signature to sign the contract. 18-year-old CSUN student under the It turned out Shollenberger died of cancer at 5:02 a.m. the previous day. He was 63. His widow, Eleanor, said she received the life insurance Weather Update money but is not receiving health insurance from the district. Wednesday Thursday Friday Funeral held Sunday for couple Partly Partly Sunny/ shot at Laguna Beach resort Cloudy Cloudy Windy CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - A couple shot to death during a confrontation with police at a Laguna Beach resort were eulogized during a funeral that recalled good times. High 75 • Low 51 High 72 • Low 52 High 68 • Low 50 Mourners described Joni Park, 48, as the life of the party, while her husband Kevin Park, 49, was remembered as the intelligent, reserved half of the pair. The funeral for the Mission Viejo couple was held Sunday at Pacific View Memorial Park. The two were killed by Laguna Beach police officers on April 22. Check us out online @ http://sundial.csun.edu Daily Sundial • CSUN • Monday, May 1, 2007 • 3

[email protected] social absolutely nothing at all, there cans depend, but to modernize Continued from page 1 will still be sufficient revenues them to retain important pro- to cover nearly three-quarters tections but allow individuals of the benefits owed.” greater choice and control.” and CEO of the National Yet Bush continues Kennelly contends that Biggs Committee to Preserve Social to argue SS is in “danger” can do irreparable harm as he Security and Medicare, coun- while his proposal to change can “undermine the program ters that Bush’s claims are the program from a system from within.” untrue as, “the Social Secu- of guaranteed benefits to a “Internal regulatory rity Fund is currently show- vehicle of investments depen- changes have been made to ing a surplus because work- dent on individual savings has change dramatically the way ers have been paying in extra received mixed reviews from laws passed by Congress are for decades in anticipation of Americans. While the Senate implemented,” Kennelly said. the demographic reality of was on spring break, Bush “Sometimes, administrators the baby-boom generation,” made three recess appoint- will try to do through regula- Kennelly said. “Total income ments. A recess appointment tions what can’t be done leg- to the Social Security Trust is authorized in the Constitu- islatively. Moreover, internal Fund from payroll taxes in tion to allow the president to policy making includes the 2005 was $702 billion and fill a vacant federal position tone and outcome of research benefits paid totaled $521 bil- during a break of the Senate. and reports produced by the lion, resulting in a surplus of Political science professor agency, prospective cost esti- $181 billion. This surplus is Christopher Shortell said that mates, and benefit statements invested in U.S. government presidents regularly appoint issued annually.” securities and earns interest.” people to high-level positions Kennelly’s assertions may Kennelly continued. who closely share their views. have become reality, accord- Regardless of the NCPSSM’s AP Photo “There is nothing inherently ing to a 2005 investigation by President George W. Bush takes his Social Security reform crusade to the West findings, the Bush admin- troubling about that.” the Democrats on the House as he holds a “Conversation on Strengthening Social Security” at the Wings Over istration maintains that SS “The troubling aspect, to Committee on Oversight and the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver on March 21, 2005. will be bankrupt by the year me, is the use of the recess Government Reform of how 2041. Kennelly said SS faces appointment,” Shortell said. social security’s official state- eliminated from agency pre- suggestion that policies come Biggs is well aware of that.” challenges that should be “Recess appointments were ments changed during the sentations, and descriptions of from one body is ridiculous. Kennelly’s other concern addressed, but is not “going originally intended for times Bush era. the role Social Security plays “The president, his cabinet about Biggs is that he would broke.” when Congress was between The investigation into in keeping seniors out of pov- secretaries and administra- not be able to keep his per- “In 2040, almost 40 years sessions. To make a recess more than 4,000 “internal erty have been dropped. In tors have the ability to enact sonal views separate from is from today, those assets saved appointment when Congress agency documents as well as their place, the agency now rules and agency regulations duties at the SSA. up in the trust funds are pro- is just on Easter break is push- agency press releases, pub- repeatedly warns that Social affecting everything from “My role at SSA is not to jected to be exhausted, mean- ing the boundaries of what lications, power point pre- Security is unsustainable environmental enforcement promote my own views but ing only incoming payroll tax constitutes a recess.” sentations, web postings, and and underfinanced and must to disability eligibility,” she to provide policymakers and revenues will be available to The strongest opposi- annual statements revealed change.” said. “Many changes have the public with information pay benefits,” she said. “That tion from Democrats is the that public communications Biggs stands firm that been made over the years, upon which they can make means Social Security will be appointment of Biggs, as he have clearly changed over the policy decisions will not be and will continue to be made important decisions regard- entirely self-funded until the has been a long-time pro- last four years and was being made, and that they will be within agencies and depart- ing Social Security’s future,” youngest of the baby boomers ponent of privatizing Social used to ‘support reforms’ to made legislatively instead. ments, which directly impact he said. are nearly 80 years old. After Security. Social Security.” “Policy decisions regard- both Social Security benefi- Kennelly argues that 2040 incoming payroll tax Biggs explained his com- The report states some of ing Social Security’s future ciaries and American taxpay- someone who “has to check revenues are expected to be ments in a recent interview the changes to documents are will be legislated by Con- ers. You don’t have to have his personal feelings at the enough to pay over 74 percent and said, “The intent was not “public assurances that the gress and signed by the presi- Congressional approval for door each day” is not the of the promised benefits…In to destroy (confidence in) Social Security system faces dent,” Biggs said. everything that happens here right candidate for the posi- other words, if Congress does programs upon which Ameri- no immediate crisis have been “Kennelly said that Biggs’ in Washington. I’m sure Mr.. tion. U.S. targets China, Russia, 10 other countries for copyright piracy WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration earlier patents and copyrights.” Thai- continuing unabated in China indicated “the scope of global South Korea, Kuwait, Lithu- China, Russia and 10 other this month announced that it land is currently in a dispute and that Russia was home to piracy and serves as a sober- ania, Malaysia, Mexico, Paki- nations were targeted by the was filing two new trade cases with international drug compa- some of the biggest criminal ing reminder of the challenges stan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Bush administration for failing against China before the World nies including Abbott Labora- enterprises involved in piracy ahead.” Romania, Saudi Arabia, Tai- to sufficiently protect Ameri- Trade Organization. One of tories of the United States over of music as well as “some The countries placed on wan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, can producers of music, movies those cases charged that China the cost of drugs to fight AIDS of the world’s most notori- a lower-level watch list were Uzbekistan and Vietnam. and other copyrighted material was lax in enforcing its laws and other diseases. ous pirate Web sites such as Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bra- In addition, the administra- from widespread piracy. on protecting American copy- The Thai government in allofmp3.com.” zil, Canada, Colombia, Costa tion said that Paraguay would The Bush administration on rights and patents. January issued compulsory Dan Glickman, head of the Rica, Dominican Republic, be subject to special monitor- Monday placed the 12 countries The annual report, known licenses allowing the use of Motion Picture Association of Ecuador, Guatemala, Hunga- ing to see if it is addressing on a “priority watch list” which as a “Special 301 Report,” for much cheaper generic versions America, said the new report ry, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, copyright concerns. will subject them to extra scru- the section of U.S. trade law of two leading drugs in Thai- tiny and could eventually lead that it covers, said that China land. to economic sanctions if the has a special stake in upgrad- Representatives of U.S. administration decides to bring ing its protection of intellectual companies applauded the Teamwork, up close and personal trade cases before the World property rights, given that its new administration report but Trade Organization. companies will be threatened Oxfam America denounced Another 31 countries were by rampant copyright piracy as the administration for what placed on lower level monitor- they increase their own inno- the international development ing lists, indicating the con- vation. agency said was a misstate- cerns about copyright viola- For Russia, the report said ment of the rights of U.S. tions in those nations did not the United States will be close- companies under international warrant the highest level of ly watching to see how Rus- trade rules. scrutiny. sia fulfills the commitments it “The report ignores impor- The designations occurred made to upgrading copyright tant international agreements in a report that the adminis- protection as part of a U.S.- signed by the U.S. govern- tration is required to provide Russia accord reached last year ment ... which clearly state Congress each year highlight- which was seen as a key mile- that developing countries have ing problems American com- stone in Russia’s efforts to join the right to place public health panies are facing around the the World Trade Organization. and the public interest over world with copyright piracy, In addition to Russia and intellectual property rules,” which they contend is costing China, the 10 countries placed said Rohit Malpani, a policy them billions of dollars in lost on the priority watch list were adviser with Oxfam. sales annually. Argentina, Chile, Egypt, India, Neil Turkewitz, an official “We must defend ideas, Israel, Lebanon, Thailand, Tur- with the Recording Industry Dennis Mahan / Daily Sundial inventions and creativity from key, Ukraine and Venezuela. Association of America, said Business major Nick Goalder, 24, holds the leg of teammate Jake Lindley, rip-off artists and thieves,” In elevating Thailand to the the administration was right to 26, as he reaches for a block while practicing The Magic Carpet, a team- U.S. Trade Representative priority watch list, the admin- single out China and Russia for building exercise for professor Richard Zuromski’s management class in Susan C. Schwab said in a istration said it was concerned special criticism in the report. which students line up and figure out how to get the last person off the statement accompanying this by a range of issues including He said that large-scale carpet first without touching the black. year’s report. a “deteriorating protection for piracy of sound recordings was 4 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • Tuesday, May 1, 2007

[email protected] War report calls into question Israeli leader’s political survival JERUSALEM (AP) — In office, “and I have no inten- Between 1,035 and 1,191 The report analyzed the inexperience and said war- Olmert scheduled a meet- extraordinarily strong lan- tion of resigning.” Instead, Lebanese civilians and com- first six days of the war, as time military chief Lt. Gen. ing with his Kadima Party guage, a high-level inves- he said he would convene a batants were killed in the well as the six years preceding Dan Halutz “acted impulsive- Monday evening to discuss tigative panel sharply criti- special session of his Cabi- fighting, as were 119 Israe- the war beginning with Isra- ly,” misrepresented the army’s the report. cized Israeli Prime Minister net on Wednesday to begin li soldiers and 39 civilians, el’s 2000 pullout from south- readiness and suppressed dis- In Lebanon, Hezbollah Ehud Olmert on Monday for implementing the report. according to official figures ern Lebanon and Hezbollah’s senting opinions. welcomed news of the critical “severe failure” in his han- Olmert’s best hope for from the two sides. subsequent buildup along the “If any one of them had findings. dling of the war in Lebanon remaining in office appeared Olmert has repeatedly border. The committee noted acted better the outcome of The report “confirmed the a potentially fatal blow to his to rest in his coalition part- called the war a success, cit- that part of the blame for the the campaign would have inability of the Israeli politi- political survival. ners’ fear of new elections, ing the closing truce arrange- shortcomings during this war been different and better,” cal and military leadership Whether Olmert can hang which polls predict would ment that forced Hezbollah also fell on previous Israeli said Eliyahu Winograd, the to confront Hezbollah,” said on to his job will depend bring opposition leader Ben- away from the Israeli border leaders. A full report on the retired judge who led the Sheik Hassan Ezzeddine, on how the Israeli people jamin Netanyahu of the hard- and brought in thousands of entire war is scheduled for investigation. Hezbollah’s most senior respond to the panel’s report, line Likud Party to power. international peacekeepers release this summer. The report did not call for political officer in southern which blamed him for “hast- Olmert’s centrist Kadima to monitor the area. But few In a scathing conclusion, the resignation of any of Isra- Lebanon. ily” rushing into a war the Party might seek to replace Israelis share that view, and a the commission laid ultimate el’s wartime leaders, but left In Washington, White army was not prepared to him, which would put the poll commissioned by Israel responsibility on Olmert’s none unscathed. House press secretary Tony wage and that many Israelis popular foreign minister, Radio shortly after the report shoulders. The committee also came Snow said the U.S. did not think emboldened the Jewish Tzipi Livni, in a good posi- was issued showed 69 percent “The prime minister bears down hard on the Cabinet wish to comment on “inter- state’s enemies. tion to become Israel’s second of those questioned thought supreme and comprehensive for relying too heavily on the nal investigations within An expressionless Olmert female prime minister. Olmert should quit. responsibility for the deci- army’s recommendations and the Israeli government” but stared straight ahead and The report capped a six- “There’s no question” sions of his government and not pressing for an alternative noted that President Bush slumped against the back of month investigation into the Olmert must go, said Zeev the operations of the army,” course of action. “The minis- works closely with Olmert his chair as the panel’s chair- war, which erupted July 12 Crombie, a 50-year-old resi- the report said. ters voted for a vague deci- and thinks he is “essential” man read the report, which when Hezbollah guerrillas dent of the ancient city of “The prime minister made sion, without understanding to achieving Mideast peace. cited “a severe failure in the killed three soldiers and cap- Safed, the target of many up his mind hastily, despite and knowing its nature and Even if Olmert remains lack of judgment, responsibil- tured two others in a cross- Hezbollah rockets during the the fact that no detailed mili- implications,” Winograd said. in office, however, his weak ity and caution.” border raid. In 34 days of war. “In the eyes of the Arabs, tary plan was submitted to After receiving the report stature will likely limit However, Olmert vowed fighting, Israel failed to secure we were defeated. And that him and without asking for Monday, Olmert pledged to his ability to push forward to remain in office despite the return of the captured sol- gives them a lot of courage one. Also, his decision was “act immediately to learn peace efforts with the Pal- calls for his resignation from diers or to prevent Hezbollah to continue to try to wipe us made without close study of everything necessary in order estinians. coalition partners as well as from firing thousands of rock- out.” the complex features of the to learn the lessons, to correct “We hope that this report opponents. He also promised ets into Israel. A key test of Olmert’s abil- Lebanon front and of the mili- failures and ensure that in and the findings of this that failures “will be rem- Soldiers returning from ity to weather the crisis will tary, political and diplomatic every possible future threat report will not further com- edied.” the battlefront complained of come on Thursday, when his options available to Israel,” facing the state of Israel the plicate and hinder attempts “It would not be correct poor preparations, conflicting opponents from both the left it said. failures and the defects that to revive the peace process,” to resign,” he said in a brief orders and shortages of food and right are planning a mass It also criticized Defense you point to will be rem- said Palestinian negotiator CSUN ad[4.875x8]final:Layout 1 2/27/07 12:56 PM Page 1 televised statement from his and supplies. protest in Tel Aviv. Minister Amir Peretz for his edied.” Saeb Erekat.

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[email protected] Death toll rises above 100, making April deadliest month so far BAGHDAD (AP) — Five been increasingly deployed A Marine also was killed thieves and highway robbers,” le and destroyed the underpass, least 104 the number of Ameri- U.S. troops were killed over the on the streets of Baghdad and Sunday in Anbar province, a the group said in an apparent killing two commandos and can troops who have died in weekend in Iraq; the military housed with Iraqi troops in joint Sunni insurgent stronghold west reference to the tribal alliance. two civilians. Iraq in April, the deadliest said Monday, pushing the death security operations away from of the capital, the military said. “The mujahedeen are ongoing On Sunday, Iran agreed to month since December, when toll for April past 100 in the their heavily fortified bases, An al-Qaida-linked group in their fights against the ene- join the U.S. and other coun- 112 Americans died. The U.S. deadliest month for American raising their vulnerability to vowed Monday to pursue a mies of God.” tries at a conference on Iraq this monthly death toll has topped forces this year. attacks. “long-term war of attrition” in Bombings, shootings and week, raising hopes the gov- 100 five other times since the A suicide bomber, mean- A series of explosions rocked Anbar against U.S. forces and mortar attacks struck a series of ernment in Tehran would help Iraq war began in March 2003, while, blew himself up during a central Baghdad Monday night an alliance of Sunni tribal lead- other targets Monday, including stabilize its neighbor and stem according to an Associated Shiite funeral in a volatile area and witnesses reported seeing ers who have turned against the a car bomb that exploded just the flow of guns and bombs Press count based on military north of Baghdad, the deadliest smoke rising from the heavily terror network. before 5 p.m. in a residential over the border. figures. in a series of attacks that killed fortified Green Zone. The U.S. Underscoring the threat, a area in the mixed Sunni-Shiite Senior Iranian envoy Ali At least 3,351 members nearly 100 people nationwide. military said it had no immedi- tanker truck exploded near a neighborhood of Baiyaa, killing Larijani flew to Baghdad on of the U.S. military have died The bomber detonated his ate information on the blasts. restaurant just west of the Anbar five civilians and wounding 10, Sunday for talks with Iraqi lead- since the war started, according explosives about 6:30 p.m. About a dozen blasts began provincial capital of Ramadi, police said. ers ahead of this week’s meet- to the AP count. inside a tent where mourners about 10 p.m. and lasted about killing four people and wound- Another car bomb struck a ings in Egypt the highest-rank- President Bush has com- were gathered in Khalis, a flash five minutes. ing six, police said. commercial area at about the ing Iranian official to visit Iraq mitted some 30,000 extra point Shiite enclave in Diya- Iraqi police said several mor- U.S.-backed Sunni sheiks same time in the eastern Bagh- since the collapse of Saddam American troops to the secu- la province, where U.S.-Iraqi tar shells landed in the Green and tribal leaders have begun dad area of Talibiyah, killing Hussein’s regime in 2003. rity operation in Baghdad, but forces have seen fierce fighting Zone, which houses the U.S. turning against al-Qaida in two civilians and wounding Larijani met Monday with he is facing legislation by the with Sunni and Shiite militants. and British embassies, the Iraqi Anbar, forming the Anbar Sal- eight, police said. Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Democratic-led Congress call- Officials in Diyala and government headquarters and vation Council. That has helped A string of mortar rounds Zebari and offered Iranian sup- ing for the Americans to begin Baghdad said at least 32 people thousands of American troops reduce violence in Ramadi and hit a Shiite district in northern port for the Iraqi government, withdrawing from Iraq by Oct. were killed and 63 wounded on the west bank of the Tigris elsewhere, but has triggered Baghdad, killing at least nine saying, “We see that Iraq’s ter- 1. Bush has promised to veto in the blast, which occurred River. clashes for control of the vast people, including two boys, and ritories and unity must be pre- the measure. four days after a suicide car On Sunday, a roadside desert area that borders Syria, wounding 10, police said. served.” It also has been the deadli- bomber killed 10 Iraqi soldiers bomb while on a combat patrol Saudi Arabia and Jordan. A suicide car bomber Zebari stressed the impor- est month for British forces at a checkpoint in the city, 50 in eastern Baghdad killed three The Islamic State in Iraq, emerged from an underpass tance of the meetings Thursday in Iraq since the first month miles north of Baghdad. American soldiers and an Iraqi an umbrella group that includes and struck an Iraqi checkpoint and Friday in the Red Sea resort of the war. The 11 British Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed interpreter, the military said. A al-Qaida, warned militants were in a predominantly Sunni area of Sharm el-Sheik. troops deaths reported this responsibility for that attack in U.S. soldier was slain Saturday developing long-term plans and in western Baghdad, collapsing “It is true that it aims to help month is surpassed only by an area where Sunni Arab insur- by small arms fire in the same tactics for a “long-term war of part of the road and killing four the Iraqi government in improv- 27 who died in March 2003, gents are thought to have fled to part of the city a predominantly attrition” against the Ameri- people. ing security and stability, but it reflecting increasing violence escape the security crackdown Shiite area where American and cans, in a statement posted on a The blast, which occurred at also has regional and interna- in southern Iraq where they in Baghdad that U.S. and Iraqi Iraqi forces have stepped up militant Web site. 10 a.m. at an Interior Ministry tional dimensions. It is in Iraq’s are based, particularly among troops launched Feb. 14. operations as part of the nearly “The Marines do not con- checkpoint in Nisour Square interest that the atmosphere be Shiite groups vying for influ- The killings of the Ameri- 11-week-old operation to quell front the militants face-to-face, in the Harthiyah neighborhood, good,” Zebari said. ence as Britain prepares to cans came as U.S. troops have sectarian violence. but they hide themselves behind caused part of the road to buck- The U.S. deaths raised to at reduce its forces. 6 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • Tuesday, May 1, 2007

[email protected] Residents stay home, use transit to avoid collapsed freeway OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) of the soaring freeway twisted up earlier than usual as com- the city, told KTVU-TV. was intense enough to weak- grateful that no one else was — The promise of a night- into a fractured mass of steel muters tried to beat the rush “I come this time ever en the freeway and damage a hurt and thank God that James marish morning commute led and concrete was reminiscent they imagined was coming. day, so there were a few more stretch of highway hundreds is on the road to recovery.” many Bay Area residents to of that quake’s damage. “I’m mad,” said Crystal cars. I’m expecting to see less of feet long, the truck’s driver The crash occurred around take advantage of free public “The most worrisome thing McSwain, who has a commut- seats on the train, maybe stand walked away from the scene 3:45 a.m. on the MacArthur transportation or work from is the afternoon commute com- er pass for the trans-bay bus, today,” said Jennifer Sannon, to gas station, Officer Trent Maze, a network of ramps home Monday, one day after ing out of San Francisco toward but was taking BART _ a more another BART rider. Cross of the California High- and interchanges at the edge a fiery tanker crash caused the the maze,” said Jeff Weiss, a expensive option. “My life is The City of Alameda, across way Patrol said. of downtown Oakland and collapse of a heavily trafficked spokesman for the California upside down, and I don’t know the bay from San Francisco, James Mosqueda, 51, of about a half-mile from the section of freeway. Department of Transporta- how long it’s going to take.” increased its ferry fleet from Woodland, called a taxi that Bay Bridge toll plaza. About Westbound traffic into the tion, “because the traffic from Transit officials added two boats to five, but the num- took him to a nearby hospi- 80,000 drivers travel the closed city largely flowed as usual the Bay Bridge fans out from trains and ferries for the morn- ber of passengers was only a tal with second-degree burns, connectors each day, according Monday morning, except for across three freeways. Taking ing commute, but while use little above normal, ferry man- Cross said. The CHP believes to transportation officials, with drivers slowing on interchange away two-thirds of the capac- appeared to be up, the accident ager Ernest Sanchez said. Mosqueda may have lost con- 280,000 commuters taking the lanes headed to the San Fran- ity is really going to cause a didn’t resulted in a crushing Standing near the wreck- trol because he was speeding, Bay Bridge in and out of San cisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to bottleneck.” increase. It was hard to gauge age Sunday night, the gover- but the investigation is ongo- Francisco daily. look at the damage. Leo Kay, a spokesman for exact numbers because no tick- nor said the state will respond ing. Investigators were exam- California Department of But officials warned the the Environmental Protection ets were sold. quickly to rebuild the freeway. ining scrape marks and other Transportation director Will afternoon drive would bring Agency, took a bus from the “I think a lot of people Schwarzenegger said he physical evidence from the Kempton said intense heat bigger headaches as traffic East Bay to his office in down- decided not to go in today,” hoped the state would “cut accident scene to determine from the flames caused the leaving the city was diverted town San Francisco. Like other said Clarence Johnson, spokes- through all the red tape and all what caused the collision and steel beams holding up the away from the collapsed east- riders, he craned his neck to man for AC Transit, one of the bureaucracy so we can get whether the driver was at fault, roadway to buckle and bolts bound segment. catch a view of the crumpled several companies that runs the work done as quickly as CHP Officer Les Bishop said. holding the structure together An elevated section of freeway as the bus approached buses between the East Bay possible.” Drugs and alcohol were to melt. The cost of repairs highway that funnels traffic the Bay Bridge. to San Francisco. “It’s not as But state transportation not suspected as factors in the would likely run into the tens from the San Francisco-Oak- “This is about the same as heavy as what we thought it officials cautioned that it could crash, he said. of millions of dollars, and the land Bay Bridge to a number normal,” he said of the traffic would be.” take months to repair the dam- Mosqueda was headed from agency was seeking federal of key freeways was destroyed flow. “We’ll see what the after- Many commuters avoided aged interchanges, and advised a refinery in Benicia to a gas disaster aid, Kempton said. early Sunday after flames from noon has in store.” peak hours by leaving earli- motorists to use public trans- station near the Oakland airport San Francisco Mayor an overturned gasoline truck Gov. Arnold Schwar- er or later than usual, BART portation. “This isn’t going to when the accident occurred, Gavin Newsom said the fiery caused part of one overpass to zenegger declared a state of spokesman Jim Allison said. be fixed in a matter of days,” according to the CHP. crash showed how vulnerable collapse onto another. emergency and authorized “I did make a little effort Weiss said. “We are relieved that James the Bay Area’s transportation Authorities predicted that free transit on the Bay Area to get here a little earlier The governor’s emergency is alive and in stable condi- network is, whether to an overall the crash would cause Rapid Transit rail system, today because of the free- declaration will help stream- tion,” Mosqueda’s family said earthquake or terrorist attack. the worst disruption for com- ferries and buses. way melting, or whatever line contracting and environ- in a statement issued through Sunday’s freeway collapse also muters since the 1989 Loma Parking lots at outlying you want to call it,” Mark mental codes to hasten cleanup Saint Francis Memorial Hos- has the potential to have a Prieta earthquake damaged the BART stations like El Cerrito Griffey, who took a Bay and rebuilding efforts. pital in San Francisco, where major economic effect on the Bay Bridge itself. The sight and Pittsburg-Baypoint filled Area Rapid Transit train into Though heat from the fire he was being treated. “We are city, he said.

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[email protected] Five convicted of plotting to bomb popular targets in London LONDON (AP) — A jury series of attacks using more than bombers, Mohammed Siddique A surveillance team record- and MI5 uncovered 15 “essen- Intelligence on Khan and convicted five men on Mon- 1,300 pounds of fertilizer they Khan, warn that he planned to ed Khan and Tanweer during a tial” targets amid their associates his cell was pieced together day of a plot to bomb targets had placed in a storage unit. kill non-Muslims, the security 2004 operation to monitor the those thought to be preparing only months after the attack, in London including a popu- Omar Khyam was found official said during the briefing, fertilizer plot bugging 100 phone imminent attacks on Britain. the official said when their lar nightclub, power plants and guilty of conspiracy to cause demanding anonymity to discuss lines, a vehicle and two houses. Another 40 including Khan identities and aliases were shopping mall, and the court for explosions made from a chemi- sensitive details of the cases. Agents also took pictures of and Tanweer were ranked established. Charges against the first time revealed connec- cal fertilizer that could endanger A tracking device was placed Khan in the company of sus- “desirable,” to be trailed when three alleged accomplices were tions between the men and the life. Also found guilty in the in Khan’s car a year before the pected terrorists. resources allowed. leveled last month. suicide bombers who launched a conspiracy were Anthony Gar- 2005 suicide bombings and As agents eavesdropped, deadly 2005 attack on the city’s cia, Jawad Akbar, Waheed Mah- details of his phone calls and Khan who called himself Milly transit system. mood and Alahuddin Amin. meetings with radicals were warned he would join the “Arab Details kept secret to ensure Two others, Nabeel Hussain reported to Britain’s domestic mujahedeen to fight abroad.” Prince Harry will serve a fair trial showed that coun- and Shujah Mahmood, were spy agency, MI5, on at least four But his threat was not uncom- terterrorism agents tracking the cleared of conspiracy to cause occasions, he said. mon or enough to prompt his with combat unit in Iraq five men had also stumbled onto explosions. Khan also took militia train- arrest, the security official said. LONDON (AP) — The tograph had been widely the transit plotters. And despite Court-imposed restrictions ing in Pakistan with at least In 2004, Babar told U.S. head of the British army said circulated among militants. disturbing signs that the transit prohibited reporters from reveal- some of the fertilizer plotters, a officials that Khan whom he Monday that he had personal- Military chiefs acknowledge plot was in the works, agents ing links between the men and witness in the case and officials recognized from a blurred sur- ly decided that Prince Harry, that Harry would be an attrac- failed to piece together in time the four July 7, 2005 suicide said. veillance photograph had sought the third in line to the throne, tive target and that his pres- to prevent the bombings that transit bombers, as well as other But, lacking resources, MI5 meetings with al-Qaida leaders. will serve with a combat unit ence could lead to a surge in killed 52 people, testimony and al-Qaida cells, until the case never pieced together the shreds But a tip to London authorities in Iraq. attacks on British forces. official briefings during the trial ended. of intelligence, the official was too vague to prompt action, Commanders reportedly Gen. Sir Richard Dan- showed. Counterterrorism officials acknowledged. the official said. had reconsidered their deci- natt said the decision would The revelations are at odds acknowledged that intelligence “There needs to be that killer Fellow transit bomber Ger- sion to allow the prince to be kept under review, but he with statements by Tony Blair’s that could have raised alarms fact and it just wasn’t there,” he maine Lindsay’s phone num- fight in Iraq for fear he would hoped his statement would government after the 2005 before the July 7 attacks was said, noting that Khan had used ber was later discovered among become a target of insur- end media speculation on attack. never thoroughly investigated, several aliases. records in a separate plot offi- gents and his presence could Harry’s deployment. Senior ministers, who a explaining they were over- Mohammed Junaid Babar, cials still won’t discuss, he said. endanger other soldiers. “The decision has been month earlier had lowered the whelmed by seemingly more an American FBI al-Qaida infor- Only bomber Hasib Hussain Harry’s regiment, the Blues taken by myself that he will country’s alert status, said the urgent threats. mant, had reported that a Briton was totally unknown. and Royals, is due to begin a deploy in due course,” Dan- 2005 attack was unexpected and A government security offi- using an alias later identified as “The government said there six-month tour of duty in Iraq natt said. “I would urge that the perpetrators unknown. cial gave one-on-one briefings Khan attended a Pakistan militia was no way of preventing what within weeks. the somewhat frenzied media The jury that convicted the with reporters toward the end of camp with al-Qaida linked radi- happened,” said Graham Foul- Over the past two weeks, activity surrounding this par- five men deliberated for nearly a the trial, detailing the path that cals from Britain and the United kes, whose son David, 22, was newspapers have reported ticular story should cease in month after nearly a year of tes- security agents had followed. States in 2003. killed by Khan’s bomb. “That threats by Iraqi insurgents the interests of the overall timony in Britain’s longest terror As agents monitoring the fer- With accomplice Shehzad was a lie.” to kill or kidnap the prince, security of all our people trial. The men, all British citi- tilizer plot listened in on a bug, Tanweer, Khan visited Pakistan When the fertilizer gang was including claims his pho- deployed in Iraq.” zens, were accused of plotting a they heard one of the July 7 again in 2004. arrested in March 2004, police 8 • Daily Sundial • CSUN • Tuesday, May 1, 2007

[email protected] President Bush wants to work with Democrats to pay for Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) — leaders of the European Union. why the American people have attached. D-Calif., and Reid. to ignore it, and so I will veto the President Bush said Monday he The bill, which Bush has long lost patience, it is because the “There are a lot of Democrats Bush said the measure bill,” Bush said. wants to work with Democrats threatened to veto, was expected news out of Iraq grows worse who understand we need to get includes “artificial timetables for On another matter, Bush on compromise legislation to to reach his desk on Tuesday. by the day,” Reid said. “When the money to the troops,” he withdrawal. But that’s not the said that Secretary of State pay for the Iraq war but will The House and Senate voted we send the supplemental said. only bad thing about the bill. Condoleezza Rice might meet carry through on his threat to last week to approve the $124.2 conference report to President Democratic congressional It also imposes the judgment with Iranian diplomats later veto any spending bill that billion measure, which also calls Bush tomorrow, we ask that he aides said they anticipate Bush of people in Washington on this week on the sidelines of a sets a timetable for U.S. troop for troops to begin being pulled take some time to reflect on that will veto the bill on Wednesday, our military commanders and meeting in Egypt on Iraq. withdrawal. out in October. somber fact.” before a scheduled meeting diplomats. It also adds domestic “Should the foreign minister “I’m optimistic we can get Senate Majority Leader Bush said that once he vetoes the president plans at the spending that’s unrelated to the of Iran bump into Condi Rice, something done in a positive Harry Reid, D-Nev., urged the the bill, he’s ready to work with White House with bipartisan war. Condi won’t be rude. She’s not way,” Bush said in a Rose president to reconsider his veto. Democrats on a new version that congressional leaders, including “I have made my position a rude person. I’m sure she’ll be Garden news conference with “If the president wonders provides funds without strings House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, very clear. The Congress chose polite,” Bush said.

Consumer spending rises by slowest amount in 5 months as energy prices soar WASHINGTON (AP) — After adjusting for price could be in danger of stalling gish growth rate for consumer showed that construction In another sign of the slow- Consumer spending rose at the increases, consumer spending out if consumer confidence fal- spending, which accounts for spending edged up a slight 0.2 down in housing, the National weakest pace in five months in actually fell by 0.2 percent in ters further in the face of rising two-thirds of total economic percent in March. Spending on Association of Realtors report- March as a surge in gasoline March, the poorest showing gasoline prices and a slumping activity, will translate into housing fell for an 11th month ed Monday that purchases of prices left shoppers with little since September 2005 when housing market. overall economic growth as out of the past 12, but this was second homes for investment left over for other items. the economy was suffering “Unless spending posts measured by the gross domes- offset somewhat by increases purposes fell by a sharp 28.9 The Commerce Department the aftershocks of Hurricane unusually large gains in May, tic product of slightly above in spending on hotels and other percent last year to an annual reported Monday that consum- Katrina. the second-quarter consump- 2 percent in the current April- nonresidential projects and on rate of 1.65 million units while er spending on all items was “People spent more in tion number is practically June quarter. government construction. In sales of vacation homes man- up 0.3 percent last month, the March but may be enjoying guaranteed to be awful,” said The government report- addition, construction activity aged a 4.7 percent increase to a slowest increase since a similar it less as the rising price of Stephen Stanley, chief econo- ed last week that the GDP in February was revised up sig- record 1.07 million units. rise in October. That lackluster energy is cutting into what mist at RBS Greenwich Capi- expanded at an anemic 1.3 per- nificantly to growth of 1.5 per- Sales of vacation proper- gain came even though person- they actually take home,” said tal. He predicted that consumer cent annual rate in the Janu- cent, five times the initial esti- ties and investment homes al incomes rose by a healthy Joel Naroff, chief economist at spending will rise at an annual ary-March quarter, the weakest mate of 0.3 percent growth. accounted for 36 percent of all 0.7 percent last month. Naroff Economic Advisors, a rate of around 1 percent, far showing in four years, raising Analysts said this big existing and new home sales The spending performance private consulting firm. below the 3.8 percent rate of new worries about the durabil- increase will contribute to an last year, down from 40 per- in March was even weaker The weaker-than-expected spending growth in the Janu- ity of the current five-year-old upward revision in the GDP for cent in 2005, which was the when the effects of higher consumer spending added ary-March quarter. economic expansion. the first quarter to around 1.5 peak of the five-year housing gasoline prices were removed. to worries that the economy Stanley said such a slug- A second report Monday percent or 1.6 percent. boom, the Realtors reported.

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[email protected] More attention should be paid to child soldiers Katie Sheehy know is only a movie. That makes it are people who care and want to shoes. that has been approved by the US. Daily Sundial all the more difficult to look at the make a difference, such as those These children didn’t have the I can only hope that there is an scenes of northern Uganda. I already who went to Uganda to document chance to afford school or play with end to the ravaging of the people and he use of children in war, and know what to expect. the tragedies that are occurring there. friends during summer days. They the country of Uganda, but more than their subsequent education It should never be acceptable to There are also public relations and worked, only to hope they made enough anything, I hope for the children. Every about how to evade people who diminish the plights of children, espe- marketing agencies that feed the cul- in the day to help buy mele-pop, a type day, they face the fact that they might be Twant to use them or how to use the cially those in war-torn countries or ture of greed and consumerism that of cornmeal, for their family to eat. kidnapped and brainwashed into hold- weapons of war, is a tragic testament nations that face constant famine. With runs rampant in civilized nations. I never saw children forced to fight ing a gun and killing their own parents, to the idea that children are no longer media so readily available to expose Having lived in South Africa, I have in wars, but I know that it occurs more uncles, aunts and other members of children, but small commodities. these children, they have no defense witnessed only a little of the beauty than I can even imagine. According to their communities. A documentary, “Invisible Chil- for themselves. and tragedy that so easily defines the the “Invisible Children” Web site, there When will the atrocities end? When, dren” was made by three college-aged The audience, myself included, continent of Africa. I watched children is a tentative peace agreement between as a world society, will we decide that adults about the times they travel from becomes desensitized to the point where peddle wares on the streets and shine the government of Uganda and the LRA all children deserve to just be children? San Diego, Calif. to northern Uganda. the only emotive reaction is changing The Americans witness the young the channel. When is it enough to make children of the villages making a night- us want to make a difference? ly trek into the cities so they won’t be According to the Canadian Inter- kidnapped by the revolutionary group national Development Agency, more Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. The than 300,000 children, some as children return the next day to their vil- young as seven, are soldiers in wars lages to help in the daily responsibili- throughout the world. ties and activities that are needed. I wonder about the level of apathy The scenes are reminiscent of many in the young adults of civilized nations, that are currently on television and the such as the U.S., today. I wonder if Internet. Children posed as soldiers or there is anything that young adults will children running away from the effects stand up for more than their SUVs, of war, whether civil or against a for- their “bling” or their tickets to the hot- eign enemy. test upcoming concert of the summer. That is the biggest problem for The amount of money that is wasted me. There are so many scenes on the on things that are so unnecessary and news or in movies about children no image-based is absurd. Do I really longer being treated as children, and need a purse from Tod’s or Gucci that they are unable to defend themselves costs more than $1,400, or can I come against the exposure and being taken up with better things to spend my time advantage of. and money on?

The movie “Blood Diamond” has How can media be so two- Terrence Nowicki/ MCTCampus the exact same imagery, except that I faced? That’s simple, to me. There Dysfunctional U.S. system of voting needs reform Darya Riyahi here at home, we can’t elect a cratic? Because the framers do pledge to vote the way the place and the 2000 election nonpartisan election watchdog Daily Sundial popularly elected president. of the constitution believed not majority of their state votes. And, could be repeated. group told the Times, the coun- The electoral college, respon- everyone is thought fit to vote. aside from a handful of times After the 2000 election, try has learned from the 2000 ither due to the unnatu- sible for electing the president They distrusted direct democ- in U.S. history, they have kept the Los Angeles Times did election that “your vote certainly rally complicated and and vice president, was partly racy. Alexander Hamilton has their promise. So, absent direct an examination of the count- counts. On the other hand, your often overlooked elec- designed to avoid a tyrannical famously said democracy can democracy, our only chance of ing process and some of their vote may not be counted.” Etoral college, or because we president who would win in turn to mob rule, something he choosing the president is for our findings reveal the disarray of Voting becomes even simply cannot count votes, the a landslide for making grand worked hard to prevent. votes to be counted accurately. elections at that time. more dysfunctional when 2000 presidential election put in promises and undermine the So apart from creating a As we become more Alaska has more registered there are no concrete rules office a president the majority legitimacy of the other branches media frenzy, the counting of and more entangled in the voters than voting-age people. for the election process and of voters did not elect and set in of government and the checks our votes does not determine Iraq war, critics are quick In Texas, “vote whores” are paid voting. Federal guidelines motion events that have altered and balances system. the winner. The electors do. to point the finger and lay by campaigns to do favors in are only voluntary. the course of history. Ironically, it gave us a Many states have enacted blame on everyone from exchange for people’s absentee Arnold B. Uken, the Co- Was the case of Florida in president who launched into laws to prosecute “faithless Middle Eastern extremists, ballots. Some students in Wis- founder of the Election Technol- the 2000 election the excep- an unpopular war and who electors” who refuse to vote to Bush, to the Republicans consin say they voted up to four ogy Laboratory, told the Times tion? Can we be sure that the ignored a check on his powers for the candidate they have who agreed with him and times in the election. In New after the 2000 election that mis- 2008 election won’t make Flor- when he invaded Iraq without pledged to elect. None have the Democrats who didn’t York City and Louisiana, some takes can go undetected. ida out of other states? a declaration of war signed by been punished so far. But object to the war effort. of the voting machinery used Uken said cars and airplanes As we move further in our congress. even if they are punished, it But the fact remains that was old and easily vulnerable to are regulated, so why shouldn’t quest to transport democracy to So why don’t we have elec- is done after the fact and their the system responsible for rigging. Robert Richie, executive we demand anything less when the less fortunate countries of tions based on popular vote? vote cannot be changed. giving us a Supreme Court- director of the Center for Vot- we’re electing the president of the world, it’s unfortunate that, What would be more demo- Nonetheless, the electors appointed president is still in ing and Democracy, a nonprofit, the United States?

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Today Wednesday, May 2 Thursday, May 3 Friday, May 4 Black Graduation Committee Bahai Club – Fellowship: Intro Acasola A Cappella – Perfor- – Meeting to Bahai Faith mance MISA – Career Night 12 p.m. 4: 30 – 6:30 p.m. 12:10 p.m. Bayramian Hall, Room 245 Glendale Room, USU Beneath Sierra Tower 4 – 8 p.m. Shoshone Room, SSU CSUN Chess Club – Meeting Filipino American Student As- 5:30 p.m. sociation – Meeting Flintridge Room, USU 5 p.m. PIHRA/MA – Meeting Fernandeno Room, SSU Entrepreneurship and Small Hermanos Unidos – Meeting 7 p.m. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans- Businesses Speaker Ventura Room, USU gender Alliance – Meeting 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Room 3107, Juniper Hall Flintridge Room, USU Monday, May 7 Tuesday, May 8 Wednesday, May 9 Aztlan Graduation and Latino Business Association A.S. Senate – Meeting Black Graduation Committee Scholarship Committee – Meeting 2 p.m. – Meeting – Meeting 3 p.m. Grand Salon, USU 12 p.m. Thousand Oaks Room, USU Bayramian Hall, Room 245 6:30 p.m. Aztlan Graduation and Schol- Jerome Richfield Hall, Room 114 Central American United Stu- arship Committee – Meeting CSUN Communication Asso- dent Association – Meeting 6:30 p.m. ciation – Meeting 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Jerome Richfield Hall, Room 114 3 – 4 p.m. Jerome Richfield Hall, Room 218 Room 103, Manzanita Hall

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5 2 8 4 1 9 6 7 3 What is Sudoku? It’s a global sensation! Sudoku is a 6 7 1 5 8 3 4 9 2 number-placement puzzle that is mentally challenging, easy to learn 9 3 4 2 7 6 8 5 1 and highly addictive. Within the game, 1 4 3 6 9 7 2 8 5 no column, row or box can contain a repeated number, hence the name. 7 5 2 1 4 8 9 3 6 How to play: 8 9 6 3 2 5 7 1 4 Fill in the grid so that every row, every 2 8 5 7 3 4 1 6 9 column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. 3 1 9 8 6 2 5 4 7 4 6 7 9 5 1 3 2 8 Solution on page 11

horoscope By Linda C. Black, Tribune Media Services

Ai r es (March 21-April 19): Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Today is a S aGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. Today is a 7. Meet with accoun- 6. Give yourself time to think, and 21): Today is a 7. You’re always tants and CPAs for the next couple contemplate the consequences. asking questions, and sometimes of days. Don’t go shopping or You won’t have to take decisive you get interesting answers. You make big plans until you know action now, in fact, you shouldn’t. don’t have to tell everything you how much money you have. know, however. Be quiet and lis- Voirg (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): ten. Taurus (April 20-May 20): Today is an 8. You could get rath- Today is an 8. The more deeply er intense over the next couple C aPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. you’re involved with your work, of days. Knowing ahead of time 19): Today is a 7. You’re getting the faster the time goes. Behave in could help you direct this pas- lots of information but it doesn’t this manner as much as you can, sion to something useful. Think always match. How do you deter- so you can finish early. about it. mine fantasy from fiction? Do the research yourself. Geinim (May 21-June 21): Lbrai (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today Today is a 6. You’ll feel more like is an 8. Money’s coming in, par- Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): working soon, if you don’t already. tially from work you’ve done Today is a 7. Unfortunately, every- Let it come over you naturally, to before. You’re also doing work thing you’ve put off is waiting for minimize the stress. And postpone that will bring in more cash later. you to do. Others appreciate your long-distance travel. This is a wonderful thing. unique talents, but you still have to produce results. Cnca er (June 22-July 22): S cORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today is a 7. By now you should Today is an 8. An adversary you Psci es (Feb. 19-March 20): be just about ready to have a little worried about can be intimidated. Today is a 7. As you’re paying fun. Luckily, the love of your life Puff up and look real scary, and bills, be watching for an oppor- is in a similar mood. Don’t spend you’ll back that one off for a tunity. Odds are good you’ll find your life savings at it. while. something you need in one of those catalogs.

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PRO FOOTBALL NEW YORK (AP) — JaMarcus Russell barely had to wait before taking the stage as an Oakland Raider at Satur- day’s NFL draft. Brady Quinn turned out to be the forgotten quarterback, lingering long after Russell was picked, until Cleveland took him 22nd. Russell was the top choice, by the offense-deficient Raiders. Notre Dame’s Quinn sat and watched 21 players get called before he went to the Browns, the team he grew up rooting for in Dublin, Ohio. Once considered the best prospect in this year’s crop, he was still available when the Browns traded with Dallas to get back into the first round.

BASEBALL erin lee-chin / daily sundial ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals reliever Josh CSUN Softball player swings at a ball against UC Riverside at a home game on April 28. Hancock died early Sunday when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the back of a tow truck. The sudden death brought back painful memories of Darryl Kile’s death in June 2002. The Cardinals postponed their home game Sun- day night against the Chicago Cubs. Police said the 29-year- CSUN softball sweeps Riverside old Hancock was alone in his 2007 Ford Explorer when the SUV struck the rear of a flatbed tow truck at 12:35 a.m. Ivan Yeo er Jackie Duree led off the allowed Pitzenberger to Zakosek originally to keep DENVER (AP) —Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Daily Sundial inning with a single, then score. Northridge added the runner at third, but the Tulowitzki turned an unassisted triple play in the seventh freshman designated player two more runs in the fourth umpires later ruled that run- inning against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Kelly Johnson he recent surge of the Christina Saenz reached inning, which was more than ner out because that runner and Edgar Renteria reached on singles and were running on CSUN Matador soft- first on a fielding error by enough for Pitzenberger, as did not tag up at third prop- a 3-2 pitch when Tulowitzki caught Chipper Jones’ line drive ball team could be best Martinez, allowing Duree to she went the distance, strik- erly. behind second base. Tulowitzki stepped on the bag to double Tdescribed by head coach Bar- take third and Saenz to take ing out three and allowing “I had to lay it all out to up Johnson and tagged Renteria for the third out. bara Jordan. second. Compounding the one unearned run for the 5-1 keep it in,” Smith said. STANTON, Del. (AP) — Fans traveled from around the “We’re peaking at the error, Alvidrez, apparently win. CSUN added another run world to pay tribute and honor Barbaro at Delaware Park right time,” Jordan said. trying to make sure Duree “Even though the score in the bottom third on a solo on Sunday on what would have been the Kentucky Derby The UC Riverside High- did not score, threw towards didn’t show it, we really did home run by Pitzenberger, winner’s fourth birthday. Strangers who had only chatted on landers became the latest vic- home plate, only to see her well offensively,” Jordan said then in the fourth, the Mata- Internet message boards hugged like old friends, connected tim of the Matadors’ rise this throw get away from catcher of game two. dors put two runners on and by the colt who became a symbol of strength and courage past weekend, as Northridge Cassie Greenwaldt and into Riverside hoped to sal- Smith sent a deep flyball to before he was euthanized in January. swept Riverside, taking both the backstop. Duree scored vage the series finale on left-field. The left fielder games of a Saturday dou- on the error and Saenz took Sunday, and things started tracked the ball all the way to AUTO RACING bleheader by scores of 12-4 third. Sophomore catcher out well, as the Highlanders the wall and looked to make TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — At the track where Dale and 5-1, then taking the final Amanda Peek then hit a two- again scored one in the top the catch, but the ball instead Earnhardt dominated, and on the day he would have turned game on Sunday 11-3. The run home run, almost to the of the first, then after North- went off her glove and over 56, Jeff Gordon scored career victory No. 77. Fans littered three-game sweep gave the same spot Putnam hit her ridge again came back to tie the wall, giving Smith a the track with debris Sunday as Gordon crossed the finish Matadors its sixth win in its home run. Peek’s blast, just in the bottom first, Riverside three-run home run that made line under caution at Talladega Superspeedway to move last seven games. like Putnam’s blast, account- loaded the bases in the top it an 11-3 Matador lead. into sixth place on the win list. It was the same reaction he In game one, Northridge ed for two runs, and it gave second, then April Murray “I didn’t think I hit it out, received last week in Phoenix when he tied Earnhardt’s mark jumped on Riverside right Northridge a 10-0 lead. reached first on a fielders’ but it kept going,” Smith and flew a No. 3 flag on his victory lap. That gesture didn’t from the get go. CSUN loaded CSUN pushed across choice, allowing one run to said. sit well with Earnhardt fans, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the the bases in the first inning, another run in the inning, and score, but the Highlanders Northridge’s eight-run tribute classy and urged his “Red Army” of supporters to stop then freshman first baseman its huge advantage after four sent home another run on a lead again invoked the eight- throwing beer cans. Jaclyn Rymer sent a blooper innings invoked the eight-run Matador error. run mercy rule, only this into right field for a base hit, mercy rule. Riverside though CSUN though responded time, the Matadors held on to GOLF scoring two runs. Senior left managed to temporarily put a in a huge way in the bot- that lead in the top of the fifth IRVING, Texas (AP) — Scott Verplank used three fielder Megan Smith then hit halt in that scenario, scoring tom of the second. CSUN inning, as junior pitcher Mer- straight birdies and Luke Donald’s lead-blowing double a hard grounder that went four runs in the top of the fifth loaded the bases, then senior cedes Lovato, who came in as bogey Sunday to take the lead and then win the first EDS off shortstop Kristine Marti- inning to cut CSUN’s lead to third baseman Kelly Zakosek a reliever in the third inning, Byron Nelson Championship played without its namesake. nez’s glove, allowing Smith 11-4, but the delay turned out singled to left field to bring shut out the Highlanders the Verplank closed with a 4-under-66 for a 13-under 267 total, to reach first base safely and to be just temporary, as Saenz home the tying runs. rest of the way. a stroke ahead of Donald (68) for his fifth PGA Tour victory, another run to score. became the third Matador to CSUN grabbed the lead “I was trying get ahead of his first since the 2001 Canadian Open. Phil Mickelson (65), The Matadors were not send the ball over the wall to on a Duree base hit which she the batter and trying to stay in Jerry Kelly (64), Rory Sabbatini (64) and Ian Poulter (66) done yet. Freshman second left-center field, ending the stretched into a double, but a control of the game,” Lovato tied for third at 10 under. baseman Amanda Pitzenberg- game right there. throwing error enabled Duree said. MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Silvia Cavalleri became the er hit a long flyball towards In game two, Riverside to get to third and Zakosek CSUN is now 19-19, 7-8 first Italian winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday, closing first baseman Marissa Alvi- struck first, scoring off an to score to give CSUN a 4-3 and in fifth place in the Big with a 7-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Mexican star drez. Alvidrez apparently lost RBI sacrifice by catcher lead. West Conference. The Mata- Lorena Ochoa and Paraguay’s Julieta Granada in the Corona track of the ball in the sun, Rachel Crawford in the top Three more Matador runs dors now brace for a pivotal Morelia Championship. Cavalleri finished with a 20-under as the ball went off her glove of the first inning. capped off a six-run third three-game series with the 272 total on the Tres Marias course and earned $195,000. and into the field, enabling Northridge came back to inning that gave them a 7-3 Pacific Tigers, who are 33- She had seven birdies in her bogey-free final round in light another Matador run to score. tie in the bottom half of the lead. 17, 8-4 and are currently in rain. The next batter, sophomore first on a Saenz single, then Riverside threatened third place in the Big West. GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — Australia’s Nick Flanagan shortstop Micah Putnam, in the bottom of the third, briefly in the top third, put- All three games, starting won his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, beating Canada’s blasted a two-run home run Northridge loaded the bases ting runners on second and with a doubleheader on Sat- Chris Baryla with a 2-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a over the wall at left-center with one out, then Highland- third base. urday, followed by Sunday’s playoff in the Henrico County Open. Flanagan, the 2003 U.S. field, and by the time the er pitcher Sara Radabaugh Katie Curtis then hit a finale, will start at 12 noon at Amateur champion, shot a 2-under 70 to match Baryla (70), Highlanders finally got out of sent a pitch past the catcher liner to left field that looked Matador Diamond. Bryn Parry (71) and Roland Thatcher (71) at 13-under 275 the inning, the Matadors had and into the backstop, allow- like it might drop in for a hit, Sunday’s game will also on The Dominion Club course. Parry was eliminated on the built a 7-0 lead. ing the lead runner, Duree, to but Smith ran in and made be the final home game for first extra hole, and Thatcher dropped out on the second. The Matadors salted the score, giving CSUN the lead. an extraordinary diving catch seniors Smith and Zakosek. game away in the fourth Rymer then reached on that saved two runs. Both players will be honored inning. Junior center field- a fielder’s choice, which Smith then threw to prior to Sunday’s game. TENNIS BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal won his third straight Open Seat Godo championship Sunday, Let us know what you think! defeating Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 for his 72nd consecutive victory on clay. Nadal hasn’t dropped a [email protected] set on clay since top-ranked Roger Federer won the first set of their French Open final last year. He credited a more aggressive style for his recent success. daily sundial publishing since 1957